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Some people believe that there should be a fixed punishment for each type of crime. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both of these two views and give your own opinion

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While it is
advocate
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advocated
 by some that for each type of offend, punishment must be
constant whereas
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constant, whereas
 there are others who
favor
promote over another
favour
 to
considers
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consider
 scenarios behind that
crime
. I intend to discuss both the views along with my opinion in the subsequent paragraphs. On the one side, the advocates of former view believe that in order to decrease the
crime
 rates legal authorities should be strict to deal with each type of crimes without considering other factors which forced offender for convicting a
crime
.
Murderer
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A murderer
The murderer
 can be taken as an
example who
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example, who
 kill someone should be punished under predefined standard sections of law without considering reason behind crimes in order to stop
such
 criminal activities.
However
, those who supports later view believe that
repercussion
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the repercussion
 of harsh statements for all
offender
Suggestion
offenders
 is uncivilized. It is generally seen that all crimes are not premeditated, and some are
happened
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happening
 in the irony of
situation
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the situation
.
For instance
, some crimes are done in sake of protection
from
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of
 another person and not intentionally.
Furthermore
, I
also
 opine the later view as it could destroy
life
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the life
 of many civilized persons who commit
crime
 unpremeditated by mistake. Indeed, society usually treated ex-prisoners as offenders and expelled them from their society, which
further
 incite them to indulge in crimes.
Thus
, it would increase the
crime
 rate in society. To recapitulate,
although
 both views are worth considerable, yet in my opinion before deciding punishment, government should consider his/her reasons and situations for committing
crime
.
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